Internal exposure to pollutants and body size in Flemish adolescents and adults: Associations and dose-response relationships

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-337

  Dhooge, Willem ^a   Den Hond, Elly ^b   Koppen, Gudrun ^b   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^c   Nelen, Vera ^d   Van De Mieroop, Els ^d   Bilau, Maaike ^e   Croes, Kim ^f   Baeyens, Willy ^f   Schoeters, Greet ^b,g   Van Larebeke, Nicolas ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Provincial Institute of Hygiene   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cadmium; Dioxin like activity; Health effects; Height; Hexachlorobenzene; Lead; Low dose; Organochlorines; P,p Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; PCB 118; Polychlorobiphenyls

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; CADMIUM; FUNGICIDES; LEAD; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIOXIN-LIKE ACTIVITIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEIGHT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LOW DOSE; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLS;

HEALTH;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; CREATININE; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DIOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; URINE LEVEL;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77950944245     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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